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Shady Acres Day Camp - Day 1
Jun. 16th, 2009 03:25 amI was one of the first few people to arrive at the parent drop-off lot for camp. One of the leaders was there with four Daisies (K / 1st Grade). She told the girls that I had a baby in my belly. I told them some development news about the baby - how the baby's eyes are opening this week and that if they were really loud the baby could hear them, so they all shouted hello at my belly. It was SO cute!
The first day of Day Camp is always chaotic. There are two buses, one of them had a new bus driver. She got lost. I was surprised to see her bus only carried a handful of girls anyway. We had a couple of girls that were really late, too - they were able to take that bus up to camp. (The last stop is at the parent drop-off, a couple of miles from camp.)
Anyway, this made for a late start at camp. HQ was... sort of put together. I spent some time organizing the 10+ totes of stuff in the craft tent. Once I got everything in order, I sat down to cool off and drink some water. It had rained a tiny bit first thing, so it was pretty muggy. The weather cleared, though, and it was just plain hot.
I think I stayed just busy enough all day. I got to hang with Peggy (the First Aider / our Tie Dye lady) and all the leaders that wandered through HQ for supplies and info. I didn't spend much time with Jan because she was pretty much constantly on the go. The Pre-K unit is right next to HQ and I got a little irritated at times about how the leader there would just wander off or not pay attention to her little ones. She didn't keep her gate up, so they would wander off, too. Ugh.
Peggy was in the middle of doing tie dye with a unit when a First Aid situation arrived, so I was asked to be Peggy for a bit. That was... kind of cool, kind of rough (squatting about ten times), and kind of a compliment. Peggy trusted me to cover for her, but I've tie dyed with her numerous times. I never did get my own tie dye done. I've got baby t-shirts and some other stuff.
I stayed at HQ with Jan when all the campers headed down to the buses at the end of the day. One of the parents was very late picking up his daughter, so that made the rest of us leave late. I didn't get home until nearly five o'clock!
I ordered pizza, showered, and vegged out for the evening. We watched The Rocker. It was alright. I think Jack Black would have been a better choice for the part. We crashed by nine... though we both had trouble getting to sleep.
Tuesday: Day Camp and Birthing Class! Serena didn't make it to camp on Monday, but she may come up around noon on Tuesday.
The first day of Day Camp is always chaotic. There are two buses, one of them had a new bus driver. She got lost. I was surprised to see her bus only carried a handful of girls anyway. We had a couple of girls that were really late, too - they were able to take that bus up to camp. (The last stop is at the parent drop-off, a couple of miles from camp.)
Anyway, this made for a late start at camp. HQ was... sort of put together. I spent some time organizing the 10+ totes of stuff in the craft tent. Once I got everything in order, I sat down to cool off and drink some water. It had rained a tiny bit first thing, so it was pretty muggy. The weather cleared, though, and it was just plain hot.
I think I stayed just busy enough all day. I got to hang with Peggy (the First Aider / our Tie Dye lady) and all the leaders that wandered through HQ for supplies and info. I didn't spend much time with Jan because she was pretty much constantly on the go. The Pre-K unit is right next to HQ and I got a little irritated at times about how the leader there would just wander off or not pay attention to her little ones. She didn't keep her gate up, so they would wander off, too. Ugh.
Peggy was in the middle of doing tie dye with a unit when a First Aid situation arrived, so I was asked to be Peggy for a bit. That was... kind of cool, kind of rough (squatting about ten times), and kind of a compliment. Peggy trusted me to cover for her, but I've tie dyed with her numerous times. I never did get my own tie dye done. I've got baby t-shirts and some other stuff.
I stayed at HQ with Jan when all the campers headed down to the buses at the end of the day. One of the parents was very late picking up his daughter, so that made the rest of us leave late. I didn't get home until nearly five o'clock!
I ordered pizza, showered, and vegged out for the evening. We watched The Rocker. It was alright. I think Jack Black would have been a better choice for the part. We crashed by nine... though we both had trouble getting to sleep.
Tuesday: Day Camp and Birthing Class! Serena didn't make it to camp on Monday, but she may come up around noon on Tuesday.
